IC 4892
IC 4892
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
190 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
101k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 190 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4892 as it looked roughly 190 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 6876ABarred spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 4899Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 4967Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartNGC 6877Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartIC 4929Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartIC 4853Barred spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4899Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 4967Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartNGC 6877Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartIC 4929Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartIC 4853Barred spiral10 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).